Thomas Loughlin

Category Archives: RaspberryPi

My Attempt at a Setup Tutorial, Review and Rant All-in-One I finally decided it was time to try the “Z-Wave Razberry-Pi GPIO Daughter Card”. I have been extremely pleased with the Aeon Labs Z-Stick so it was hard for me to fork out the almost $80 for this miniature card. The final decision was made after […]

So after destroying one Pi, I still managed to salvage the evening. What I wanted to do was read from the UART Serial pins on the Raspberry Pi directly on the Arduino without any magic. Just RX/TX to TX/RX. But in order to avoid frying another Pi I used an Adafruit Bi-directional Logic Level Converter […]

How I Fried my Raspberry Pi TL;DR: 12v Battery + Arduino Motor Shield + Arduino + Raspberry Pi =Bad Time for the PI. Symptoms: No lights regardless of which power adapter I use and how it is connected. Oh and the instant temperature change when you plug it in. The micro-usb immediately heats up enough […]

This week has been full of unexpected surprises. I finally received the Cubieboard I had order several weeks ago. I think I paid $59 + shipping for the kit which came with a case, cords and a cardboard box similar to the original boxes that Raspberry Pi’s were shipped in. I didn’t have high expectations […]

Three Raspberry Pi Projects That I Probably Won’t Finish I start a lot of stupid projects. There are some winners (favorite GitPi and Christmas Lights) but it is time I cut off the below losers and dedicate my time to something else. LampLAMP I had a simple idea to gift Ali a new lamp for […]